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The Lakers survived a wildly inconsistent performance, a barrage of three-pointers and the fickle nature of overtime to move within two games of their franchise's 15th NBA championship, defeating the Orlando Magic, 101-96, on Sunday night in overtime. They used a 7-0 run to open overtime to secure the victory, aided by three costly Magic turnovers. Orlando didn't score in overtime until JJ Redick's layup with 56.7 seconds remaining. This one very nearly didn't get to overtime. The Magic had a shot at winning Game 2 and tying the series with 0.6 remaining in regulation when Hedo Turkoglu hit Courtney Lee with a picture perfect in-bounds pass, an alley-oop, and Lee missed...

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